Worcester & Malvern History Series by Margaret Bramford
Royal and British local history memoirs
From Cottage to Palace
Escape to the past with this lighthearted and endearing royal memoir.
Florence Bramford was a Ladies’ Maid to the Ladies in Waiting of two Queen Elizabeths from 1939 to 1974. Think real-life The Queen (Netflix), Downton Abbey, or Upstairs Downstairs … inside the British Royal Family from the servant’s perspective half a century ago including rare royal photographs taken on tour.
Margaret Bramford presents the life of her aunt, told in her own words. Florence had a Victorian childhood and Edwardian adolescence. She was privileged to reside in many royal residences with her Ladies in Waiting and joined many Royal Tours around the world. God bless Florence!
From Cottage to Palace: Bonus
From Cottage to Palace Bonus is the companion and bonus material for From Cottage to Palace, Worcestershire & Malvern History Series Book 1.
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This Was OUR MALVERN
Escape to the past with this second-in-series, local history and cultural memoir.
Margaret Bramford presents the life and times, true accounts, of Spa town Malvern, Worcestershire (UK), as recalled by Malverners themselves, sometimes looking back to even earlier times.
Enjoy this light-hearted Social History of a Spa town in Worcestershire, UK. Memories and anecdotes of 125 Malvern and local district people as they reflect on Malvern life in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The author dedicates this book, with gratitude, to those Malvern people willing to share memories and their robust, unique voices and cheerful attitude to life!
Upton-Upon-Severn Recollections
Pubs, ghosts, the Pepperpot meet real Downton Abbey and a touch of Crown…
For history buffs and memoir lovers, of the way things used to be. Escape to the past with this third-in-series, local history, and memoir-biography. Margaret Bramford presents the life and times, and true accounts from Upton-Upon-Severn, Worcestershire (UK), as recollected by Upton folk themselves, looking back over the last century. Enjoy this treasure trove of observations and anecdotes, a fascinating insight into the local characters’ lives and the social history of a river town in Worcestershire, England, including Florence Bramford who served and traveled the world on royal tours for thirty years as a ladies’ maid to two Queen Elizabeths. The author dedicates this book, with gratitude, to those Malvern people willing to share memories and their robust, unique voices and cheerful attitude to life.